Assistant Project Manager - Commercial - Columbia, SC

Company Mission Statement: To build up our communities, our clients, and each other by building trust in everything we do. 

 

Summary/Objective: Promotes the company mission statement by joining the Project Manager (PM) and Superintendent as a team who work together to create a safe work environment, build a quality project and keep projects on schedule while earning a fair and reasonable profit.

 

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a point of contact for the Owner, Engineer, and Architect.
• Begin to oversee the project to assist in critical project decisions.
• Estimating and Preconstruction:
  • Assist Harper’s efforts in estimating, scheduling, interviewing etc.
  • Assist the PM on preconstruction deliverables and estimates while working alongside Estimating.
    • Qualifications and clarifications.
    • Allowances.
    • Project schedule.
    • Three quotes on each scope.
    • Value engineering.
  • Begin to understand and follow along with:
    • Owner contracts.
    • Subcontracts, POs, and FSAs.
    • Cost controls.
    • Project Engineering – Submittals and Shop Drawings.
  • Assist and begin to oversee the project to ensure proper project decisions; begin to understand how the PM and Superintendent make timely and appropriate project decisions regarding:
    • Scheduling.
    • Delivery.
    • Logistics.
    • Quality control.
    • Employee staffing levels.
  • Assist in communicating with Owners and Architects/Engineers related to office field issues.
    • Understand issues and assist in resolution.
    • Knowing the proper time to involve Owners and Arch/Engineers.
  • Assist in leadership of BIG 6:
    • Safety/SOAR.
    • Core.
    • Procurement/scheduling.
    • Pre-Install meetings.
    • Exterior skin systems meetings.
    • Utility strike prevention plan.
  • Assist in Harper safety requirements:
    • Understand and uphold the Company Safety Requirements.
    • Project Safety Pre-Planning.
    • Project-site specific SOAR orientation.
    • OSHA standards are understood and followed.
    • Perform weekly Toolbox Talks with all active Trade Partners.
    • Participate in the timely and effective investigations of all incidents including injuries, property damage, behavioral issues and near misses.
  • Assist in creating and maintaining schedules.
  • Assist the PM and Superintendent to determine the sequencing of the work.
  • Assist in the development and management of project QAQC (has passion).
    • QA example:
      • Pre-installation meetings.
    • QC example:
      • Visual and documents inspections of work in place.
  • Assist in coordination of all trade partners:
    • Project site specific logistics/use including associated rules.
    • Scheduling of each trade (who goes where and when to start).
    • Developing and implementing recovery strategies to maintain project schedule.
    • Clarifications of design versus installation (RFI’s).
    • Schedule for the trades (durations and commitments of durations).
  • Assist in staff development of Project Engineers, Interns and Field Staff.
  • Assist in the proper set-up of projects in Procore.
  • Assist in processes to ensure project data is kept current and accurate.
  • Develop and implement working relationship with Safety Manager.
  • Assist Owner and design teams in obtaining required permits.
  • Assist the Superintendent on implementation of inspections for the project.
  • Assist with project reporting:
    • Owner monthly reports.
    • Monthly job costs status reports.
  • Assist with the project close out including required documentation to Owner.
  • Ensure by documenting and executing a proper Harper punch list prior to inviting Owner and design team punch list.
  • Understand the importance of compliance of local building codes.
  • Understand the importance of compliance with all ADA code requirements.
  • Assist with Procore:
    • Fill-In daily log.
    • Read commitment scopes of work and understand content.
    • Navigate and understand how to utilize directory.
    • Utilize and understand all functions of the drawings tab:
      • Recent drawings.
      • Overlay function of previous drawings.
      • Attachments to drawings.
    • Create inspections.
    • Know where and how to utilize information from meeting minutes.
    • Create and track an observation.
    • Utilize the photos application.
    • Create and maintain the punch list.
    • Create an RFI for review by Superintendent and se